Show Peter who Saved the Dyke From the Travel Tot Tales by Besse Toulouse Sprague Reilly and Lee Publishers I Many many years ago there lived in Holland a little boy named Peter Peters Peter's father tended tended tend tend- ed the great gates of the canal and day after day Peter watched the the ships pass through the can canal into tho the sea The was Peters Peter's playground playground play play- ground Many times he had heard his father tell of the great flood from the sea which would pass over the land If ever a leak camo came in the dyke The little littlebOy's littleboy's b boys boy's Ys Y's heart always throbbed with thankfulness when he saw the themen themen themen men who watched and guarded the dykes going on their rounds to tomake tomake tomake make sure that no ito danger threatened threat threat- ened One day when Peter was eight years years old his mother called him him to her I want you to take this basket to your grandmother she said and hurry dear its it's growing growing growing grow grow- ing dark Peters Peter's grandmother lived almost a mile away on the bank of the dyke You can c.-an imagine his sturdy little figure hurrying along on the errand his wooden shoes fairly twinkling In their h haste te Grandmother was vIas at home bome and glad to see the little boy Sho She kissed his round face and filled his little hands with sweet cookies Hurry home child and dont don't linger hager lin- lin ha- ha ger on the way she ehe said to him See It is dark already and your go good d mother will wUl be worried |